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12 Online PhD programmes in Visual Arts in United Kingdom

Arts and Creative Industries
The School of Arts and Creative industries is an ideal place to undertake PhD research. You will join a small, vibrant and diverse group of PhD students and will be supervised by academics of international standing. Join the Arts and Creative Industries degree at London South Bank University.

Photography
This Photography degree from University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work.

Performing Arts and Production
This Performing Arts and Production degree from University of Gloucestershire offers a stimulating and supportive intellectual environment, consisting of a diverse culture of interdisciplinary postgraduate research.

Art
This Art degree from the University of Gloucestershire offers you the opportunity to explore your innovative practice as research through the production of an original body of work and to place your work in relation to the work of other practitioners in a contemporary and historical context.
Children's Book Illustration
The Children's Book Illustration programme offered by Anglia Ruskin University explores the art of children's book illustration through practice-led research, combining creative practice with theoretical enquiry to develop original contributions to this growing field.
Art and Design (Distance Learning)
Undertaking the Art and Design (Distance Learning) degree at University of Huddersfield means joining a creative, collaborative research community.
Art History and Visual Culture
The Art History and Visual Culture MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter draws on our established, internationally recognised research activity in Art History and Visual Culture.
Cultural Art History
Art is where cultural, creative and historical characteristics are expressed–in timeless works that ultimately belong to us all. Cultural Art History at Warnborough College fully explores the cultural cross-fertilization of traditions manifested in works of art—and the influences underlying their production.
Art and Design
A PhD in Art and Design from Birmingham City University, will help you create opportunities to develop research skills that support professional practice, research and/or academic careers within the fields of art, design and the creative industries.
Film Studies
The Film Studies MPhil/PhD programme from The University of Exeter is part of a vibrant research culture at Exeter. Staff and research students regularly present their research in the Centre for Research into Film Studies forum, which also hosts visiting speakers.
Doctor of Philosophy
The Doctor of Philosophy programme offered by York St John University enables students to conduct independent, original research that advances knowledge and contributes new insights, policies, practices, or approaches within their chosen field.
Arts
The School of Arts at the University of Westminster is home to the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media (CREAM), one of the most successful and highly rated Arts research centres in the UK. The University of Westminster and its courses are located in London.